Costa Concordia salvage operation begins off the coast of the island of Giglio

A complex system of pulleys and counterweights gently began lifting up the Costa Concordia cruise ship from its side on a Tuscan reef where it capsized in 2012, an anxiously awaited operation of a kind that has never been attempted on such a huge liner. Engineer Sergio Girotto said the operation to right the ship began at about 9 a.m. (0700GMT) Monday, three hours late.Picture: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini